Industry Connections
The MS in Business Analytics program is supported by an extensive advisory board made up of key executives from top companies in a variety of industries. Their participation aligns curriculum development with industry needs in this rapidly evolving field of data analytics. The advisory board members, along with other key partners, mentor our students, and provide real data for collaborative industry projects.
Business Analytics Advisory Board (updated 8/14/25)
| Member | Company | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Rex Briggs | Claritas | Chief AI Officer |
| David Broscow | Vestcom | Director, Data Strategy and Insights |
| Rich Clayton | Oracle | Vice President of Business Analytics |
| Brennan Davis | Orfalea College of Business, Cal Poly | Professor, MSBA Academic Director |
| Jeff Ernst | Cherry | Lead Analyst |
| Damon Fleming | Orfalea College of Business, Cal Poly | Dean |
| John Frith | Urban Science | Vice President, Applied Methods |
| Manisha Gupta | Oracle | Vice President of Product and Human Capital Management Analytics |
| Nooshin Hashemi | Magnelab | Data Analytics Specialist |
| Alison Hu | Acorns | Vice President of Analytics |
| Blake Irvine | Netflix | Director, Data Science & Engineering |
| Izzy Kamrath | AT&T | Principal Business Analyst |
| Kelli Law | F5 | Head of Data Strategy and Insights |
| Greg Leonard | Visa | Director, Data Science |
| Kevin Louther | Adobe | Product Lead, Data Analytics - Gen AI |
| Juliana Ottoboni | Salesforce | Senior Manager, Corporate Development Analytics |
| Shalmali Patil | Amazon AWS - Analytics and Data Science | Business Intelligence Engineer |
| Bill Radding | Warner Bros. Discovery | Senior Vice President, Global Category Management |
| Ryan Shand | Juvo+ | Senior Business Strategist |
| Girish Sharma | Amplytics | Founder and CEO |
| Ajinkya Sirsikar | Amazon Web Services | Business Intelligence Analytics Lead - Finance, Analytics and Science |
| Leslie Su | Head of Measurement & Analytics, Education | |
| Nate Veldkamp | 10x Genomics | Senior Director, Finance & Business Operations |
| Abe Weston | Staff Engineering Analyst | |
| Eric Wingate | Apple | Finance Analytics Manager |
To learn more about how industry informed the development of the program, you may view this Question & Answer excerpt from our 2015 webinar, featuring advisory board members Rich Clayton, Executive VP Business Analytics at Oracle, and Joshua Knox, Engineering Program Manager at Google.